With
around 750,000 cases already, the unprecedented scale of the epidemic
makes it “the worst in history,” according to the Red Cross
representative.
In a grim
prognosis of what is the “world's largest humanitarian crisis” in
current days, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
announced on Friday that they fear that there could be at least
one-million cholera cases registered by the end of the year.
The high
civilian casualties and cholera epidemic are caused by the use of
“disproportionate force” and destruction of civilian
infrastructure, Alexandre Faite, the head of the Yemen ICRC
delegation said.
Yemen has
been destroyed by a simultaneous blockade and vicious bombing
campaign waged by a Saudi Arabian coalition backed by western
governments such as the United States and United Kingdom.
According to
Faite, there have been 750,000 suspected cases of cholera so far in
the battered country, and at least 2,119 have died of the disease,
which spreads due to lack of access to clean water and health
facilities.
The
unprecedented scale of the epidemic makes it “the worst in
history,” according to the Red Cross representative.
Famine is
also widespread, with as many as 7.3 million “on the brink,” Kate
Gilmore, the United Nations deputy high commissioner for human rights
said.
According to
the United Nations, at least 10,000 people have been killed as a
result of the Saudi Coalitions efforts to reinstall a government
overthrown by Houthi rebels.
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